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WILLIAM R MINDACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – July 6, 1966
Service recordWilliam R Mindach, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 2
- ROGER LAMAR LESLIELance Corporal · July 6, 1966
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- CHARLES ELZY MORGANMajor · July 6, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RUSSELL BODESergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 134
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 2
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 3
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 3
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.